Paparazzi, macho, guru, yeti – indeclinable animate appellatives in Russian and Czech Cover Image

Paparazzi, macho, guru, yeti – nesklonna zivotna apelativa v rustine a cestine
Paparazzi, macho, guru, yeti – indeclinable animate appellatives in Russian and Czech

Author(s): Zdeňka Nedomová
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: Indeclinable nouns of foreign origin; animate appellatives; names of people; names of animals; morphological gender; contemporary Russian; Czech language; comparison of languages

Summary/Abstract: The author describes the different types of indeclinable animate appellatives of foreign origin in Russian on the basis of their morphological, genetic, semantic and stylistic characteristics. The paper is connected with previous articles published by the author. Much attention is focused on the parallels of indeclinable words in Czech, especially their morphological and word-forming parameters.

  • Issue Year: 17/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 91-103
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Czech